First photo: Emerald Lake, fed by a year-round snow field.
Second photo: Tibetan prayer flags someone had hung on the little structure at the peak. Very cool!
Third and Fourth Photos: A lone mountain goat that was wandering around very close to the summit.
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Really cool, is all I can say.-s29
In the bottom two pictures, I am wondering if the stones are securely attached or are they loose and just waiting to be stepped on to fall off? And yes, really cool -- I agree.
The stones aren't securely attached, but they're pretty stable. They're much less stable on the slopes approaching the peak, and I actually heard many rockslides triggered by goats.
that's scary! they looked kind of iffy in the photos. still, your photos are great.
I'm glad you like the photos! I've never seen a mountain goat in the wild before, so this was extra special for me.
it was funny because I had just heard on TV earlier in the day before I saw your blog something about how mountain goats have that big heap of muscles at the shoulders so they can climb the way they do. then I went online and saw your photos! it made me think that animals are better designed to do what they need to do than humans. or maybe we just have WAY too much to do.
What gets me is how they are able to effortlessly and fearlessly walk around on very steep cliffs. They are definitely better designed for that than humans!
Humans are actually very poorly designed for walking upright. We would be better off if we could walk around with our knuckles dragging. Our balance compared to most mammals is atrocious. But our thumbs wouldn't do us much good if we were walking on our hands, I guess.
Why do the goats go to the peak? It doesn't appear that there's anything for that goat to eat or drink up there? Why expose itself like that?
Without a doubt, awesome, awesome pictures.
There seemed to be a tiny plant that the goat was eating. Most of the goats were lower down.
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